Board of Governors

Board of Governors

Northern College Board of Governors is responsible to govern effectively:

  • to ensure Northern College is successfully managed;
  • to achieve Northern College’s mission; and
  • to remain responsive to community need and emerging opportunity.

The Board of Governors is accountable to students, employees, employers, Indigenous Peoples and the communities Northern College serves.

The Board of Governors is also accountable to the citizens of Ontario because the college is publicly funded.

2023-2024 Board Members

Office Board Member Region
Executives
Chair Jeff Molyneaux Kirkland Lake
First Vice-Chair Devin Naveau Mattagami
Second Vice-Chair Ken Wojtus Timmins
Governor at Large Dixitkumar Patel Kirkland Lake
College President Mitch Dumas
Members
Academic Representative Mikayla Lachance Timmins
Administrative Representative Samantha Frappier Timmins
Student Representative Abdullah Ansari Timmins
Support Staff Representative Eliisa Ollila Kirkland Lake
External Governor Kimberley Bird Timmins
External Governor Kanwaljit Kaur “Daisy” Bains Timmins
External Governor Mike Metatawabin Timmins
External Governor Connor Crawford Timmins
External Governor Kraymr Grenke Timmins
External Governor Fred Gibbons Timmins
External Governor Kate Fyfe Timmins
External Governor
Executive Assistant to the Board Leslie Hanes
Treasurer Glenn MacDougall

Under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Acts, the mailing addresses and telephone numbers of the members of the Board of Governors are confidential. Any correspondence to the Board members may be directed to them c/o the Executive Assistant to the Board, Northern College, Highway 101 East, P.O. Box 3211, Timmins, Ontario P4N 8R6

Northern College Board of Governors

Role of a Board Member

The Minister’s Binding Policy Directive describes the role of the Board of Governors as follows:

  • Establishing governance structures to enable the achievement of expected institutional outcomes with clear lines of communication and internal accountability.
  • Setting the college vision, strategic directions, and overall goals and outcomes within the context of the appropriate laws, government policy, and local need.
  • Hiring the CEO (i.e., president), delegating to the CEO accountability for the performance and operation of the college, and evaluating the CEO’s performance.
  • Approving the college’s annual business plan, budget, and annual report.
  • Assessing periodically the effectiveness of the Board with respect to governance, accountability, and the attainment of corporate goals and outcomes.
  • Ensuring that appropriate corrective action is taken where expected outcomes or quality of performance is not being achieved.

Serving on the Board of Governors

The Northern College Board of Governors is seeking interested individuals to act as new governors to fill vacancies occurring in the next 3 years.

Northern College Board of Governors is responsible to govern effectively:

  • to ensure Northern College is successfully managed;
  • to achieve Northern College’s mission; and
  • to remain responsive to the community’s need and emerging opportunity.

The Northern College Board of Governors is committed to equity, diversity, and inclusion, and is seeking committed individuals from a variety of sectors including education, law, public service, and health care. The governor’s term will be for three years, with the possibility of a second three-year term.

Northern College’s catchment area represents a large geographic region, and representation is encouraged from those areas where vacancies will occur over the next three years, for example, Cochrane, Kapuskasing, Iroquois Falls, Matheson, Kirkland Lake, Moosonee, James Bay Coast, and the Tri-Town area. The Board meets in person six times per year, with each campus hosting at least once per year. Light travel between meetings may also be possible for advocacy and outreach opportunities.

Interested individuals will submit a resume as part of the completed application form: https://forms.office.com/r/SGLBNKGVAH.

 

Apply to become a board member

If you require assistance to complete this form, please email president@northern.on.ca.

All submissions will be vetted for compliance with guidelines for governors detailed in the Ontario Not-for-Profit Corporations Act.

Schedule of Meetings

2024

Thursday, September 19, 2024 Board Planning Meeting
Kirkland Lake (TBA)
10:00 a.m. (All Day)
Friday, September 20, 2024 Board Meeting #474
Kirkland Lake Campus
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Tuesday, November 12, 2024 Board Meeting #475
Timmins Campus
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
November 23-24, 2024
(Sat. & Sunday am)
CCBE Governor Orientation
(Sheraton Centre Toronto)
November 24-25, 2024
(Sunday pm & Monday )
Higher Education Summit
(Sheraton Centre Toronto)

2025

Tuesday, January 21, 2025 Board Meeting #476
Moosonee – Tentative
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Tuesday, March 18, 2025 Board Meeting #477
Timmins Campus
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Tuesday, May 13, 2025 Board Meeting #478
Haileybury Campus
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Tuesday, June 10, 2025 Board Meeting #479
Timmins Campus
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Board Policies & Procedures

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